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NEWSLETTER
Issue No. 3 Occoquan Watershed Coalition Sept 1995
OWC General
Membership Meeting
Oct 5, 7:30PMClifton Town Meeting HallPlease cut the above note out and
place it on your calendar as a
reminder. Then make it a point to
attend and participate in this our thirdgeneral membership meeting.
Chairman KateHanley to SpeakChairman Kate Hanley has accepted
our invitation to speak to the
Coalition. She will be our only guest
speaker. She has been asked to
present her positions on a central,
parkway-to-parkway connector, new
major roads in the watershed,
crossings over the Occoquan
Reservoir, and the expansion of Route
123. She will also address budget and
education issues. Don't miss this
opportunity to hear her views on these
important subjects.
A Not So Hidden Prince
William County Agendaby Jim Chesley, Mayor, Town
of Clifton
"By default, the Yates Ford Road
corridor has become a major
Occoquan crossing point. As noted
in the Subregional Plan, this traffic
will continue to grow dramatically.
We should honestly
acknowledge the need for major
transportation improvements in this apparent acquiescence of VDOT to
corridor. We should begin to define these actions IS and SHOULD BE
necessary improvements and seek of concern to ALL of Fairfax
funding in the FY97 six year plan." County. This new four lane road
This quote is from a letter written by completes the PWC Parkway and
Terry Spellane, Prince William gives it a destination. Unfortunately,
County Supervisor, on behalf of the that destination is not the
three Prince William members of the employment centers of Fairfax
Joint Fairfax-Prince William County, but a route over the
Subcommittee on the Western Occoquan Reservoir and through the
Fairfax Transportation Study, to the parkland, watershed, and residential
Fairfax co-chair Supervisor Michael areas of central Fairfax County
Frey. ultimately linking up with the Fairfax
On the map, the Prince William proposes it, as a limited access
County Parkway - a four lane road highway, this new central route,
traversing northwest from I-95 to intended to meet local inter-county
Liberia Avenue southeast of commuter needs, would also provide
Manassas - appears as a collector the linkage that would create a de
road without a primary destination, facto Western Bypass. It furtherat least in the west. The not so opens the door for lucrative
hidden PWC agenda, however, is residential and commercial
that the primary destination is really development in PWC around and
central Fairfax County. The PWC near their new Parkway.
Parkway was designed and built to
serve as a gateway into central Take a ride down the PWC Parkway
Fairfax County, without and count the potential access points
concurrence, input or coordination already planned. Stop and consider
from Fairfax County. The proof is how many more might be included.
that PWC has PLANNED and Think about the potential volume of
FUNDED a four lane Yates Ford additional traffic across the YatesConnector which, when completed, Ford Bridge that will be headed for
will link the PWC Parkway with the our soon to be completed Fairfax
two lane Yates Ford Road and County (Herrity) Parkway and for
Bridge and the two lane road Route 123, as well as fanning out on
network going north into Fairfax our already choked "farm-to-market"
County. designed two lane road system on
This presumptive planning, the
attitude of the PWC Supervisors This new assault by PWC is not,
on the Joint Subcommittee, and the however, a new idea. Its effects on
County Parkway. If built as PWC
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Fairfax County in terms of traffic
volume have been addressed in
many recent studies. One only has
to look at the transportation impacts
of the proposed Ridgefield Road to
get a feel for any central connector
or parkway-to-parkway connector.
Estimates for such a new road would
add a range from 40,000 to 70,000average daily traffic (ADT) with a
level of service (LOS) D or worse.
This LOS is defined by VDOT as an
"unacceptable level of service" and
this measurement indicates an
average daily volume in excess of
that which a highway can normally
carry without impeding the relatively
free flow of traffic.
Current traffic counts suggest that,at least in some areas, the Herrity
(Fairfax County) Parkway is already
approaching the ADT/LOS
projected for the year 2005 despite
the fact that it is not completed and
not entirely open. Any Parkway-to-
Parkway connector would have
serious implications not only for our
immediate area but for all of Fairfax
County that is serviced by the
Fairfax County Parkway. ThePRIMARY traffic movement is and
should remain in the I-95/Route 123
corridor and the I-66/Route 28
corridor. The time is NOW for the
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
to state its transportation policy for
the Occoquan Watershed.
General Membership Meeting
7:30PM, Oct 5, 1995
Clifton Community Hall
It is important that you attend.
Come, hear and share
information on the various
issues and matters which impact
upon this place in which we live.
Each association should be well
represented. Packets of hand-
outs for Associations will beavailable for pick up. Be sure
you designate someone to be
there and pick them up.
A question and answer time is
scheduled along with a social
period where we can meet, greet,
and get to know one another.
Light refreshments will be
provided.
Questions/Additional
Information - Call 764-1300!!